Re: Another iteration on the Emacs website

[dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm)]

Mathias Dahl <mathias.dahl@gmail.com> writes:

>  > Since I am so good at maths, I have calculated that sometimes this year,
>  > it's Emacs' 40th birthday! Can we make it even more specific with a date,
>  > perhaps, so that those of us that wants to can celebrate with some cake? :)
>
>  I don't have any records of when the first Emacs was usable for editing.
>  It would have been some time in late 1976, I think.
>
>  But it may not have been an identifiable moment, anyway. I probably
>  started editing with Emacs when it was not really ready to ask anyone
>  else to use.
>
>  One option is to imitate Christian practice by fictionally attributing
>  to this event a date that is celebrated for some other reason. Thus,
>  we could celebrate Emacs's birth on Grav-Mass day, December 25.
>  (See stallman.org/grav-mass.html.)
>
>
> That, or December 10 (Nobel prize ceremony day)...

This is only logical ;-), but I like December 25 better, it is a better
spin for The Church!

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Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Kelkheim, Germany